FORTIETH ANNUAL MEETING. 43 



shall drop down from liis electric flying machine and inspect the re- 

 mains of civilization of the Canadian Caucasian race. 



A paper was then read by Ojijatekha on " Pagan Belief in 

 Religion." 



TWENTY-FOURTH MEETING. 



Twenty-fourth meeting, 27th April, 1889, the President in 

 the chair. 



Exchanges since last meeting, 38. 



The Council reported the election as Associates of H. C. 

 Champ, Herbert C. Eddis, and Edmund Staunton. 



W. H. Child and T. A. Staunton were elected members. 



Capt. Stupart, R.N., read a paper on " The Flying Proas of 

 the Ladrone Islands, and the Navigation of the natives of the 

 Western Pacific." 



FORTIETH ANNUAL MEETING. 



Fortieth annual meeting, 4th May, 1889, the President in 

 the chair. 



Donations and exchanges since last meeting, 47. 



George E. Lumsden was elected a member. Dr. Joseph 

 Workman was elected an honorary member. 



Sir Daniel Wilson announced that Mr. Sandford Fleming 

 had authorized him to state that he had in 1853 insured his 

 life for iJ^iooo currency in favor of the Institute, and that he 

 was making arrangements with the Insurance Company to 

 have the amount paid over to the Institute at once. The cor- 



